Biodegradable Plastic: Hero New Material

It’s rare that entirely new compounds are developed in industrial chemistry, perhaps a handful per year. Compared with the pharmaceutical industry, this can make progress in the development of new materials appear slow. Yet when we look at the reach of industrial chemicals, each new material introduced for industrial and lifestyle applications has tremendous impact – plastics for packaging, for example. Learn more about one biodegradable plastic and what makes it so useful, and sustainable.